Sitting on the sofa, Ling stared wide-eyed at the two of them, then quietly took out her phone.

The girl's petite figure nestled in his arms made him want to cherish her, but Kitahara Sosuke had no such thoughts at the moment; his mind was filled with the panic of making the girl cry.

It was only then that she realized she had gone a bit too far. No matter how strong Kaede was, she was still a girl. Kitahara Sosuke kept winning, and the bets he offered kept getting bigger and bigger. He was slowly tearing away at the girl's dignity with his own hands.

"I was wrong, I'm sorry."

Kitahara Sousuke apologized sincerely again. He looked at Hoshizuki Kaede, who looked up at him. Her face, which was always full of confidence and sunshine, and always looked disgusted when she argued with him, suddenly became as vulnerable as a child.

"I lost……"

Xingyue Feng's slightly sobbing voice rang out.

"It's okay, I don't want the bet anymore."

"I lost……"

"It's okay, actually I cheated."

"You bastard!"

Hoshizuki Kaede headbutted Kitahara Sōsuke in the chest, making his ribs creak.

"Yes, I'm an idiot!"

"Scumbag! Pervert!"

"Yes, I was wrong."

Kitahara Sosuke, enduring the pain, agreed. What else could he do? He had made the mistake; he just needed to hug him and comfort him.

Why do you always bully me!

Kitahara Sousuke felt someone pinching the flesh on his waist. It hurt, but it was a good pinch. He cursed inwardly, thinking, "Serves him right. He's a real bastard. He was taken in by that girl, given a bath and a meal, and yet he shamelessly bullies his benefactor."

"Because, Feng is cute?"

Kitahara Sousuke answered hesitantly.

Another headbutt, but this time it was much lighter than the last one, bearable.

"Don't think you can get away with this!"

Chapter 43 Star and Moon Bell: I'm numb from winning, I'm numb from winning!

"Oh~"

Xingyueling sat on the sofa, quietly watching the two embracing each other. The camera on her phone was already on, and the timer was ticking away second by second.

Kaede thrashed around in Kitahara Sousuke's arms for a while, silently enduring his punches and kicks. Perhaps she was tired from the beating, because now she lies obediently on his chest.

One of the rabbit ears was pressed down by Kitahara Sosuke's chin and drooped down. Hoshizuki Kaede, who was being held in his arms, was now quiet and really looked like a little rabbit.

"Click, click."

Ling turned off the video recording function and started taking pictures instead. The sound of the shutter immediately woke the dazed Hoshizuki Kaede. She wiped her tears and other substances hard on Kitahara Sousuke's clothes.

"Ring! What are you doing!"

"Taking photos is a dark history!"

Bell's answer was concise and to the point.

"No taking pictures."

Xingyue Feng lunged at her younger sister, baring her teeth and claws, trying to snatch her phone. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying, a stark contrast to Ling's calm expression.

Ling calmly took a step back, lightly swiped her finger to open the video she had just recorded, and then turned the volume up to the maximum. Xingyue Feng's voice immediately filled the room:

"You bastard... Why do you always bully me... Can't you be nicer to me?"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--"

Xingyue Feng covered her ears and squatted on the ground, looking like Sun Wukong under a spell. Her face was even hotter than before, and she could feel the burning heat at the base of her ears.

"The effect is amazing!"

Rin gave Kitahara Sousuke a thumbs up.

"What are you doing! Help me grab it!"

Hoshizuki Kaede angrily shouted at Kitahara Sōsuke next to her. If it weren't for this guy, she wouldn't have made such a shameful sound, and Rin would have recorded it and used it as leverage against her.

"Um, Rin, let's delete it. Kaede can't take any more stimulation."

Kitahara Sousuke spoke to Rin in a consultative tone, but his body involuntarily took two steps forward.

Rin calmly watched Kitahara Sosuke approach, then continued to back away, her finger swiping across the screen. A man's voice came from the phone's speaker:

"I'm sorry... I'm such an idiot... It's just that Feng is too cute... Feng is the cutest girl I've ever seen..."

"Aaaaaaahh ...

Xingyuefeng, covering her ears behind her, became even more hysterical.

Kitahara Sousuke blushed. Being publicly executed was indeed an unpleasant experience, but the thought that if he didn't harden his heart now, this dark history would probably accompany him and Kaede throughout their entire high school careers was too painful.

"Quick, give it to me."

The petite girl had little ability to resist, and even though Rin raised her hands, Kitahara Sosuke easily snatched the phone from her hands. He glanced at Rin, who was pouting and angry, with a hint of guilt, but still decided to delete it.

"No~"

Rin tightly hugged Kitahara Sosuke's waist with both arms, pressing her whole body against the latter, her little face tilted up, emitting pitiful, childlike light waves from below.

"Damn, how can she be so cute!"

Kitahara Sosuke's fingers hesitated.

"I'll let Sosuke hug me too, but can I have him back?"

Rin buried her face in Kitahara Sousuke's chest and whispered. She even deliberately puffed out her chest, as if hinting at something.

"Delete it, delete it, delete it!"

Xingyuefeng was still squatting on the ground, covering her ears with her fingers, and shouting incessantly.

"Be good, listen to your sister."

"Woo..."

Suzumizu stared at him with her bright, clear eyes, and Kitahara Sosuke could even see his own reflection in her clear pupils.

"I deleted it, or Feng will retaliate later..."

"Then..."

Kitahara Sousuke gritted his teeth and pressed the delete button on the video file, then showed the clean folder to Kaede, who was squatting beside him, covering her ears and going into a frenzy:

"It's okay, I've already deleted it, look—"

Xingyue Feng cautiously opened her eyes, glanced at her phone screen, and saw that the message had indeed been deleted. Only then did she blush and remove her hands from her ears.

At this moment, Kaede's competitive spirit finally subsided, and her sense of shame and normal intelligence regained control of her mind. She kicked Kitahara Sousuke hard in the shin, picked up the towel that had fallen to the ground, and wrapped it around herself.

"You bastard, it's all your fault!"

Xingyue Feng cursed the other person angrily, then ran upstairs to her bedroom.

"Alright, here you go."

Kitahara Sosuke touched the hair of the Star Moon Bell hanging from his waist and put the girl on the ground.

"Oh, Sousuke is so nice."

Ling picked up her phone and eagerly opened the recycle bin to recover the files, then hid the video file she had just watched in her private folder.

On the other side, Xingyuefeng wrapped herself tightly in her blanket, as if as long as she shrank into a small, enclosed space, the whole world would not be able to see her, and all the shameful things she had just done would not count.

"Idiot, idiot, idiot..."

The girl's incessant muttering could be heard from under the covers.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but her severely overclocked and overheated brain finally began to calm down. She cautiously peeked out from under the covers; of course, there was no one else in the room.

She looked down at the two different styles of stockings on her feet, took them off, and threw them hard on the ground. It was all their fault!

Then she took out her dinosaur pajamas from the closet. The clothes seemed a bit hot for the current weather, but it seemed that being wrapped up tightly would make the girl feel more secure.

She recalled the time she had been sobbing in his arms, and the comforting voice of Kitahara Sosuke as he stroked her head seemed to echo in her ears again.

"So annoying, so annoying!"

Hoshizuki Kaede rolled around on the bed, clutching her blanket. Sometimes, when she was really angry, she would punch the blanket hard, as if she were hitting Kitahara Sōsuke.

She buried her face in the blanket and giggled foolishly for a while. She felt like she had gone crazy today, actually going along with Kitahara Sosuke's crazy antics.

The knocking sounded just as she was lost in thought, startling her.

"What!" she said in a feigned indifference.

"Feng, do you have any extra blankets or anything? The floor is so cold, I can't just sleep like this, can I?"

Kitahara Sousuke shamelessly pleaded through the door.

"This despicable creature should be left by the toilet, and he should just find a corner to curl up with his legs and spend the night there."

Xingyue Feng thought bitterly, but after hesitating for a while, she still took out a thin blanket to change into from her closet. When she opened the door, the other person was standing in front of her.

"Here, make do on the sofa for the night."

Feng tucked the blanket into the other person's arms.

"I wonder if he'll use my blanket to do something bad at night," she thought with some concern. Today's events made her start to question Kitahara Sousuke's character.

This guy knows too many tricks.

"Oh, thank you, but I'll pass on the sofa. Ling said I can sleep on the floor in her room, and we've agreed to play games together tonight..."

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